Lemon-squeezer.



A I. BARNWELL & P. TORMEY. LEMON SQUEEZER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1914.

' 1 1 3,594. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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ABRAHAM I. BARNWELL AND BETER TORMEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

LEMON-SQUEEZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Application filed January 6, 1914. Serial No. 810,541.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ABRAHAM I. BARN- WELL and 'PETER TORMEY, citizens of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lemon-Squeezers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a squeezer for lemons, limes, oranges, and the like, in which the process of cutting the lemon, squeezing the juice therefrom and draining it into a drinking glass or other vessel, can be performed in a single manual operation.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section of ourimproved lemon squeezcr; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring tothe drawing, 1 indicates a standard adapted to be clamped by a screw 2 to the edge of a table 3, counter or the like. The upper end of said standard is formed in one piece with the wall of a receptacle l, which is in the form of a short sector of a hollow ring, closed at one end 6, and open at the otherend, and having at the top upwardly extending walls 7.

8 indicates a handle, which, at one end, is formed integral with a cutter plate 9 and with a web 10 connecting the handle and the cutter plate. On the side of the plate 9 remote from the web and handle are lugs 11 between which can be secured the rear portion of a knife 13, the rear edge of which rests against the cutter plate. Said handle has also formed in one piece therewith a fork 14- which extends between the walls 7. Received in said fork is an arm 16 extending from a presser plate 17. A. pivot pin 18 ex-. tends through registering holes in said extension it fork members 14 and walls 7, and thereon said platel? and handle can swing independently.

rim slot 19, in line with the arm 16, and extend. ing inwardly past the middle from the outer edge thereof. There are also formed integral with said presser plate on the side remote from the cutter plate ribs QOWlllCll abut against the end 6 of the receptacle. T he lowermost portion of the curved.wall of the receptacle is formed with drain holes 24 to permit toe juice oi the fruit to flow therethrough into a drinking glass 21 or other vessel suitably placed upon the table i he presser plate is formed with a central" 3. Connecting the fork members of the handle 8 is a bridge 22, which, when the handle 8 has been turned backthrough a sufiicient angle, impinges upon the arm 16', and causes the plate 17 to swing forwardly, discharging from the receptacle the squeezed lemon and seeds.

The whole device except the clamping screw is preferably made of aluminum, as being unaffected by fruit juices.

The parts being in the position shown in Fig, 1 and it being desired to extract the juice from a lemon, the handle is first raised and turned back on its pivot until the knife 13 is quite clear of the receptacle.v This movement brings the presser plate to the front and discharges any previously squeezed lemon left in the receptacle 4. The operator inserts the lemon in the open end of the receptacle. He then returns the handle to its original position, by which action the knife 13 first comes in contact with the lemon, and both the lemon and the presser plate are moved rearwardly until the ribs 20 on the presser plate abut against the closed end 6 of the receptacle. A further rotation of the handle causes the knife 13 to sever the lemon, passing through the slot 19 in the presser plate, and, as the cutter plate approaches the prcsser plate, the' lemon is squeezed therebetween, as shown in dotted lines at 23. The juice squeezed from the lemon flows down the bottom of the receptacle past thelower edge of the cutter, plate and through the holes 24 into the drinking glass 21.

We claim 1. In a lemon squeezer, the combination of a suitable support, a receptacle supported thereon having a drain hole for the lemon juice, a cutter pivotally supported to swing through the open end of the receptacle, a handle for operating the cutter, and a presser plate having an elongated opening through which the cutter blade can move, and pivoted to move in the receptacle independently of the cutter.

2. In a lemon squeezer, the combination of astandard provided with means for securing it to the edge of a table org'the like, and with a receptacle having a drain opening for fruit juices, and having a closed end and an open end, and walls extending uppiece and pivotally connected to said walls,

a knife secured to the cutter plate, and a In testimony whereof we have hereunto presser plate pivota-lly supported on said set our hands in the presence of two sub- 10 walls and having an opening through which scribing Witnesses.

the knife can pass, and means extending ABRAHAM I. BARNWELL. from the side of the presser plate remote PETER TORMEY.

from the cutter plate and adapted to im- \Vitnesses:

pinge against the closed. end of the recep' FRANCIS M. \VRIQHT,

tacle to arrest the presser plate. D. B. RICHARDS. 

